Shade-roller bracket.



No. 889.925. v PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908;

J. T. HAMPTON & R. E. L. EAGLE.

SHADHROLLER BRAGKET. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24, 1901.

may? T, HAMPTON --J3iiij'cl;jet of which the followingsis a specificati0'i1;--" t.

This invention relates to a shade roller. sup port ;,*and has for one of its objects to .pro id; .1: each en d of afshade roller that requires no skill to put in place one windowframe, but may be applied or removed wi'ththe greatest 1, I I

,the stein;this screwed-home and holds'the bracket in true position, As the face of the ease and with-few or no 'tools. To. this end the bracket;,.'which is preferably flat with a round neck and extended bearing collar, has a screw stem projecting from said neck, by means of which stem the bracket is screwed into a'window frame, until the collar bears against the same, relieving the screwstem from downward strain which would tend to bend it, and-establishing the proper distance from the window frame of the shade roller.

Another objects-of theinvention relates to a simple means for adjusting the bracket to relatively increase and decrease the length thereof whereby the-same brackets may be employed-to hang shades. of any length and with any diameter of rollen A further object of to the means for fastening the screw stem to the bracket, the construction being such that should the screw bend or brealnit could beremoved from the bracket and a new one substituted without trouble.

' With these and other objects in vietiflthe turns but seen from the opposite end; Fig. t

is an elevation of one of the brackets partly in section showing the preferred form of'fas tening 'the screw in place; Figs. 5 and 6 are views of modified forms of. the bracket, and Fig. 7 is a detail view showing a bracket attached to a window frame in a position different from that shown'in Fig. 1.

. ImpleJIcheapand strong bracket for the invention is directed ets of but one size need be, made, as they can where n.

- imi larjiiunieralsof reference are used for the same parts, on all the figures "-,The,shaddrollerf here...shown is the well known type tra ingreiteratin a round pintle 2 at one end andafiat pintle 3 at-6c tached totheretractingfspring at the other 9:

end. Thesepintles, restin and are supported Y;

bracketse and 5 respectively, fastened to thetop of a window frame Each bracket compr ses a screw stem 6, to enter the.; windo,w frame,- that projects from a neck' 7 on whichis adjustably threads-i; a

,polygonal collar or nutS, the inner face of which bears againstthe ,window frame when collaror nut 8 is relatively large, the liability of bending the screw stem when the collar is againstthe window frame is very remote. At the opposite end of the neck 7 is-a flat elliptical, circulaiyfor other shaped plate '9 lying in a plane coincident with the axis of the screw stem 6 and neck 7 and, when in is widened to enable the pintle 3 to be more easily placed therein.

The neck 7 of each bracket as heretofore I stated, carries a threaded collarlor nut 8 which. may be screwed up or down on the neck to change the distance between the pintle opening in the plate 9 and the fiat bearing face on said collar, or the window Constructed in. this manner brackbe adjusted easilyand quickly to suit rollers of large or small diameters.

The bracket is preferably made of malleable or stamed .metal ith the screw stem attached in t e manner clearly shown in Fig. As there disclosed, the neck '7 has a transverse slot 12 extending inwardly from the end into which the flattened end 13 of the screw stem 6 fits'and-is clamped firmly therein by screwing the collar or nut 8 on the neck 7'.

Instead of fiatterulng the head end of the portion of the neck 7 may be bored out a Pera pint When windowframes' are dee thick walls, it is sometimes desira 1e to p ace tion of its length as shown in Fig. 5 and a screw with a s ort flattened portion inserted therein and clamped firml y the collar -'or put 8, or, the neck ma' e threadless and slightly tapered, as in ig. 6 and the collar driven thereon instead of being screwed on.

owin to the shades near the sash. In this case the brackets will be screwed into the under side of the window frame, as. represented in Fig. 5,. insteadof in the face of the frame. That is claimed-is: 11. A shade roller flat ing Kn" the roller-lpintle, a screw stem fitted in I and a collanmovable' on sa1d slotted nee said neck for holding the screw stem fixed.

2. A shade roller bracketcompris' a anopening for the r0 er slotted at its end, ascrew flat Iplate havi e and a nee stem having an end fitted in said slot, and a collar adapted to be screwed on said neck to plane of the flat face I bracket comprising. a. late having a slotted neck and an openfasten the screw stem in said. slot and to change the effective length of said neck.

A shade roller, bracket, comprising'ha or t 'e' 3'. flat elliptical plate having an openin I pintle of a shade roller and a threa ed neck rojecting from the edge therebf, said neck aving a s1 formed with a fiat head end to enter said slot, and a collar having a flat face (perpendicular 'to the axis of the stem screwe t-o-hold said stem fixed and tochange the distance between saidintle o ening and the. o the co aror nut, said flat face adapted to a window frame. v v In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aflixed our's1gna-.

30 0t made in its end, 'a screw stem on said neck bear against the face of I 

